Behind 2 families’ fire stories: Battling a burning home, and a surviving Mary
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When the Magallon and Gonzalez families received evacuation orders during the Eaton Fire, neither had any inkling that they were seeing their home for the last time.
“Not in a million years would I have thought we’re never coming home,” Diana Gonzalez said.
After losing their homes in the fire, both families were invited to speak at and participate in the OneLife LA event at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels on Jan. 18.
Both families spoke to Angelus about the harrowing first hours of their ordeal, as well as the challenges and signs of hope that have followed since.